Comments on: Memories of grade one…

By: Midori

Midori — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:47:43 +0000

My 1st teacher in Grade 1 was called Sister Stanislaus. She was actually really tiny (I was way taller than her when I left primary school 7 years later) but she seemed ginormous. She was lovely though. I recently met up with some friends from primary school and we spent the whole night reminsicing about all the silly things we got up to (toilet paper fights, bringing out own secret packed lunches etc..) and it was very cool to hear stuff my my friends’ perspective!

I was in secondary school when you started grade one but that would make sense as I was 30 this year.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:14:26 +0000

Ilahee- If it makes you feel better I totally wouldn`t have guessed you were that much older than me!!!

Tigermama- Same goes to you!

Mandy- I don`t remember been driven in the cars- you and I shall totally exchange memories someday as I am sure we totally remember different things and it might joggle our memory a bit. I know you lived on a street named after a bird that started with R- I won`t mention the name here but I remeember!

Enny- Kids at my kindy thought the same thing about xylophone so it must be the same everywhere- cute!

Phillipa- Ash Wednesday is quite late in the school to start year isn`t it? I suppose it depends on how early Easter was that year! I would of been freaked out going to ash wednesday mass if I had no idea what was happening also!!!

Katie- Your shoe story is so funny!!!!!!! I remember a lot about my early years- Shun remembers a fair bit too!!! I have a friend who remembers nothing before age 10 or so- it must totally depend on the type of person you are.

Sherry- Share DD`s day then!!!! I hope to preserve some of my memories from that far back which I hope by writing them down, this will help but I will have to wait and see. What is your first memory!?

Nay- You remember preschool but not grade one? I don`t remember my first day of preschool but very early on in the year I had a birthday and had a cake shaped like a ghost- i was five!

By: Nay

Nay — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:28:48 +0000

Your memory is quite amazing… I can’t remember anything about my first day of school – that’s right, not a thing. Although I can remember most of my first day of preschool!!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:04:34 +0000

Tigermama and Illahee, get to the back of the line for hiding under the rock as I am older than you both! I have no recollection of starting school at all, but I can tell you every detail of DD’s first day of kindergarten.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:28:07 +0000

Whoa – you have a very detailed memory! I can’t remember that much – all I do remember is I had to wear black leather shoes and when the sun shone on them, they got hot and burnt my toes.

Good times, good times.

By: Philippa

Philippa — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:16:50 +0000

I remember my first day of school as being one of the most terrifying days of my life! I was four years old and I was sent to a catholic school – my first day happened to be Ash Wednesday. My family aren’t church goers so I had no idea what all the mumbo jumbo was about. All these kids were walking around with black sooty marks on their heads, and I was pushed into line to get it done too, I was petrified!! I thought the guy in the dress(!) had hands of fire or something!! Turned me off religion for life, that did.

(no offence intended by the above, obviously)

I was one of the few kids in my class who could already read too. So it was a very boring first couple of months!

LOL at illahee’s comment. I was in Grade 5 in 1991. Still older than you, but not by too much ;P

By: enny

enny — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:38:02 +0000

I remember when we were being taught spelling and we were guessing words that start with ‘z’. We kept guessing xylophone even though the teacher said no, because we were so sure that it just HAD to start with ‘z’!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:36:36 +0000

OMG Lulu! What a trip down memory lane this dreary Monday morning! Hahaha, I will ALWAYS remember your Mum and her jangly bracelets…I loved that about your mum! Hahah. And also her perfume is a big memory of mine. And being in your family’s car – it was a grey Holden wasn’t it?

Haha and I remember that first Sports Day too. And you with your swathe of blue ribbons always! Do you remember that the entire grade was driven there in the teacher’s cards? I think I went with Mrs Ortiz! Also do you remember Mrs Knight with her “magic apron” that was always full of goodies? Or the Book Week we would always have and get to dress up?

Also remember visiting your first house in St James’ Park and being amazed at the big sign out the front of the neighbourhood with “St James’ Park” in big black letters on a yellow/beige background.

Ahhhh..memories!!!!! xoxoxox (ahha this is totally turned into a nostalgic gush fest!)

By: tigermama

tigermama — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:06:09 +0000

Oh my! You were in GRADE ONE in 1991! I graduated highschool in 1990. I am sooo old. I`m going to go hide with Illahee.

By: illahee

illahee — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:00:42 +0000

OH. MY. GOD. i graduated high school in 1991.

now i officially feel old. am going under rock to die now.